Your
first name and surname will be used in the copyright
notices and other credit lines for contributed images
and other media.

First Name*

Institution

If
you are affiliated with an institution such as a university,
museum, or school, you can provide this information, which
will then be printed on your personal ToL contributor profile page, which will be listed on the ToL
Media Contributors page.

Email*

Do not publish

This
email address will be your User ID for logging into the
ToL system, We will send your password to this address,
and we need to keep it on file, so we can contact you if
there are questions about your contributions.

By default, we will publish your
email address on your personal ToL contributor profile page. Throughout the ToL site,
email addresses are encoded in the source code in order
to protect them from being harvested by spambots. By
checking the box on the right, you can choose to not have
your email address published on the ToL web site at all.

Web Page URL

You
can enter the url for your home page in this field. We will
then publish this url on your personal ToL contributor profile page.

Biographical Information

You
can enter a couple of paragraphs to introduce yourself to
ToL visitors. Tell us about your background (professional
or academic training or experience) and your interests.
This information will be printed on your personal ToL contributor profile page.

Your Photo

You
can upload a small picture of yourself (not more than 200x200
pixels, please). The picture will then be displayed with
your biographical information.

In order to register as a ToL Media Contributor, you must
agree to the following

Terms and Conditions for ToL Media Contributors:

ToL Media contributors must be at least 18 years old. (Kids
under 18 will soon be able to contribute images and media after registering
as Junior Treehouse Builders.)

ToL Media Contributors may upload materials to the Tree of
Life database and send emails and other communications to Tree of
Life staff and contributors, so long as the content is not illegal,
obscene, threatening, defamatory, an invasion of privacy, infringing
of intellectual property rights or otherwise injurious to third
parties. ToL contributors may not use false email addresses, impersonate
any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any
communication, message or other content. While the Tree of Life
Project is not obliged to review all content that is published by
contributors on the Tree of Life web site, we reserve the right
to delete any contribution, or take action against any registered
account, at any time, for any reason.

ToL Media Contributors generally keep the copyright for materials submitted
to the Tree of Life database, and a copyright notice is always printed
alongside contributions displayed on the ToL web site. When a contributor
uploads images or other media to the Tree of Life database, he or
she can specify the intended use of the contribution by the Tree of Life.
The default license for ToL media contributions is the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License,
but contributors can choose one of the other licensing options described on the Tree of Life Use of Contributions page.

ToL Media Contributors voluntarily grant the ToL Project
and its collaborators non-exclusive, royalty-free, and full rights
to use the submitted images/media according to the selected model
of use. To the best of the contributor's knowledge, use of the contribution
by the Tree of Life Project does not violate any intellectual property
rights and will not cause injury to any person or entity. The Tree
of Life Project or its collaborators take no responsibility and
assume no liability for any contribution made by the contributor
or a third party.

When registering as a ToL Media Contributor, you release
the ToL Project, its employees, contractors, consultants, and collaborators
from any and all damages, claims, causes of action, liabilities,
and expenses relating to your participation, or exclusion or disqualification
from participation, in the Tree of Life Project.